Presentations | Center for Advancing Teaching and Learning Through Research

Below you will find presentations by members of the CATLR team. Authors who are CATLR team members are in bold so that you may connect directly with our experts.

2023

Horwitz, S., & Simeon, K. (2023, June 5-8). Get a “Clue”: Developing creative ways to assess experiential learning [Presentation]. Association for the Assessment of Learning in Higher Education Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, USA.

Torosyan, R., Berry Woods, M., & Pierre-Louis, K. (2023, November 16-19). Contentious co-conspirators: Dynamics of co-facilitating across race & gender [Workshop]. Annual conference of the Professional and Organizational Developers (POD) Network in Higher Education, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

2022

Brunow, B., Chan Hilton, A., Lovett, M., Morrison, B., & Simeon, K. (2022, November 14-20). An introduction to interpreting quantitative visualizations in educational developer contexts [Professional development session]. 47th annual conference of the Professional and Organizational Developers (POD) Network in Higher Education, Seattle, WA, USA.

Brunow, B., Chan Hilton, A., Lovett, M., Morrison, B., Simeon, K., & Winer, L. (2022, November 14-20). Exploring and advancing POD members’ activities in learning analytics [Online presentation]. 47th annual conference of the Professional and Organizational Developers (POD) Network in Higher Education, Seattle, WA, USA.

Chittum, J. Chen, H., Matthews-DeNatale, G., Parnell, A., Yancey, K. (2022, January). The compelling case for ePortfolios: Teaching, learning, integration, and assessment. 2022-23 Institute on ePortfolios. AAC&U.

English, M., Plews, R., Matthews-DeNatale, G., Wilson, N., Simeon, K., Cheng, H. (2022, June). Preparing the next generation of educators for online project/problem-based learning. Conference of the International Consortium of Educational Development. Aarhus, Denmark.

Horwitz, S., Pressler, E., & Johnson, N. (2022, November 14-20). Framing academic Integrity as a transdisciplinary skill [Online presentation]. 47th annual conference of the Professional and Organizational Developers (POD) Network in Higher Education, Seattle, WA, USA.

Horwitz, S., Simeon, K., & Nguyen, J. (2022, June). Cross-role collaboration yields improved engaging assessments of pre-professional transdisciplinary skills. Dialogue session at the Association for the Assessment of Learning in Higher Education 2022 Conference, Providence, RI.

Kulo, V., Sweet, M., Hagar, E. (2022, November 14-20). A faculty introduction to Team-based Learning [Workshop]. 47th annual conference of the Professional and Organizational Developers (POD) Network in Higher Education, Seattle, WA, USA.

Matthews-DeNatale. G. (2022, January). Preparing open educators: Essential conceptual understandings & proficiencies. AAC&U Annual meeting, Forum on Open Learning and ePortfolios. https://openeducators.sites.northeastern.edu

Matthews-DeNatale, G. & Plews, R. (2022, November 2-5). Online project-based teaching: Evidence of transfer in a professional development program for graduate students [Presentation]. 2022 conference of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL), Kelowna, Canada.

McCoy, M., DiPietro, M. & Torosyan, R. (2022, November 14-20). Reinvigorating anti-racist action through white accountability groups. [Workshop]. Annual conference of the Professional and Organizational Developers (POD) Network in Higher Education, Seattle, WA, USA.

Plews, R. & Waterbury, C. (2022, November 14-20). Reconnecting around technology integration: A community of practice approach [Online presentation]. Annual conference of the Professional and Organizational Developers (POD) Network in Higher Education, Seattle, WA, USA.

Pressler, E., Matthews-DeNatale, G., & Plews, R. (2022, November 14-20). Advancing inclusion and belonging through educational autobiographies [Online presentation]. Annual conference of the Professional and Organizational Developers (POD) Network in Higher Education, Seattle, WA, USA.

Pressler, E. & Simeon, K. (2022, October 18-20). Practical and scalable UDL: Lightening the load on educators and broadening the impact on learners [Online presentation]. Digicon – A UDL Makerspace Virtual Conference 2022.

Pressler, E., Simeon, K., Provensal, E. & Reinle, M. (2022, March 30-April 1). Solving common teaching challenges with Universal Design for Learning and Canvas [Poster presentation]. UDL-IRN International Summit, Virtual (On-Demand). https://summitondemand.udl-irn.org/solving-common-teaching-challenges-with-universal-design-for-learning-and-canvas/

Torosyan, R., Berry-Woods, M., & Sweet, M. (2022, November 14-20). Reconnecting learners and educators across race on anti-racist accountability [Workshop]. Annual conference of the Professional and Organizational Developers (POD) Network in Higher Education, Seattle, WA, USA.

Waterbury, C., Savage, J. Sudbury, L., & Plews, R. (2022, October 25-28). Creating a positive space for teaching transformation [Presentation]. Presentation at the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference 2022, Denver, CO, United States.

2021

Boase, N., Ferracuti, A., Firoza, K., & Horwitz, S. (2021, March). Embodying racial healing: Becoming antiracist educators in a virtual learning community. Association of American Colleges and Universities Annual Meeting (AAC&U) Diversity, Equity, and Student Success (DESS) Conference. Online.

Boase, N., Ferracuti, A., Firoza, K., & Horwitz, S. (2021, June). Embodying racial healing: Becoming antiracist educators in a virtual learning community. National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education (NCORE). Online.

English, M., Matthews-DeNatale, G., Poklop, L. (2021, May). A course design to support fully online, project-based experiential learning. Educause Learning Initiative Annual Meeting. Online.

English, M. & Poklop, L. (2021, November). A workflow for rapid, collaborative design of online project-based courses. POD Network Annual Conference. Online.

Horwitz, S., & Simeon, K. (2021, October). Preparing educators to assess co-curricular learning in virtual environments. IUPUI Assessment Institute. Online.

Horwitz, S., & Simeon, K. (2021, November). Not another survey!: Gathering Evidence of Co-Curricular and Transdisciplinary Learning [poster presentation]. POD Network Conference. Online.

Jona, K., James, N., Modestino, A., & Wilson, N. (2021, July). A virtual internship model for facilitating equitable work-based learning opportunities. In N. Wilson (Chair), Problematizing Design Tensions in Youth Work-Based Learning Programs: Systemic and Local Threats to Supporting Interest, Identity, and Equity at Scale. [Symposium]. Connected Learning Summit (online).

Kelly, K., Matthews-DeNatale, G. (2021, January). Incorporating authentic and real world work into your online course. Virtual workshop for faculty institute. University of North Carolina, Pembroke.

Matthews-DeNatale, G. (2021, May). Structuring engagement, collaboration, and connection in online global, project-based courses. Pandemic Pedagogy Research Symposium. Virtual event sponsored by Duke, University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, and Stanford University. Online.

Matthews-DeNatale, G. English, M., Plews, R., Poklop, L. (2021, October). Global Challenges: Engaging undergraduates in project-based experiential learning online. International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL).

Plews, R. & English, M. (2021, November). Working on global challenges: A pre-university student experience in online project-based learning. European Association for Practitioner Research on Improving Learning (EAPRIL) 2021 Conference. Online.

Plews, R. & Zizka, L. (2021, February 19). Applying trauma-informed pedagogy to faculty development during times of crisis & uncertainty. Swiss Faculty Development Network Conference 2021, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.

Poklop, L., Plews, R., Matthews-DeNatale, G. (2021, September). NU Global Challenge: Designing an online course structure to support asynchronous problem-based learning. Accelerate 2021, Online Learning Consortium.

Simeon, K. & Hilger, A. (2021, November). Reflecting on Universal Design for Learning in hybrid & in-person acoustics education. 181^st Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. Seattle, WA.

Torosyan, R. & Pressler, E. (2021, November). Alienate or Appease? How to Effectively Address Prejudice in Consultations [Conference presentation]. POD Network Conference. Online. https://sched.co/p8oB

2020

Diede, M. K., Dufour, M., Everson, B., Ferracuti, A., Hrach, S., Imad, M., Nave, L., Sorensen, U., & Torok, J. (2020, November). Contemplative practices: Looking inward, thinking forward. On-demand interactive workshop presented at the annual meeting of the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network. Online.

English, M.C. (2020, August). Tools for scaffolding educators’ project design process. International Research Symposium on PBL. Aalborg, Denmark.

Matthews-DeNatale, G. (2020, January). SAIL: Self-authored integrated learning. (Accepted Application). Association of American Colleges and Universities, Washington, D.C.

Matthews-DeNatale, G., Talgar, C., & Sweet, M. (2020, April). Bringing daily experiential learning to scale with SAIL. Educause Learning Initiative Annual Meeting. On ground conference originally scheduled in Seattle, WA converted to online.

2019

Barbeau, L., Ferracuti, A., Stewart, L. S., Theisen, C. H. (2019, November). Graduate and postdoc development showcase: Diverse approaches, communities, and connections. Workshop presented at the annual meeting of the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network, Pittsburgh, PA.

Ferracuti, A., Grace, A., Firoza, K., & West, L. (2019, June). Fostering belonging: Creating a collaborative campus-wide workshop series. Poster presented at the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education NCORE), Portland, OR.

Ferracuti, A. & Sorensen, U. (2019, November). Connecting through contemplative practices: Lightning rounds. Workshop presented at the annual meeting of the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network, Pittsburgh, PA.

Klionsky, S., Zaff, M., Lam, S., Raffo, R., & Matthews-DeNatale, G. (2019, April). Students as Partners as a model for research on reflection in cooperative education. Poster presented at the Conference for Advancing Evidence-Based Learning, Northeastern University. Boston, MA.

Matthews-DeNatale, G. (2019, January). Self as story: Meaning-making and identity integration in capstone ePortfolios. Presentation at the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.

Matthews-DeNatale, G. (2019, January). Understanding the past and present while weaving the future: ePortfolios as a space for professional discernment and growth. Presentation at the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.

2018

Barbeau, L., Ferracuti, A., & Mann, D. (2018, November). Graduate student, professional student, and postdoctoral scholar development showcase: Leading in times of change. Workshop presented at the annual meeting of the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network, Portland, OR.

Coppola, A., Higginson, R., Zastavkar, Y. V., Ferguson, J., Ambrose, S., Chang, S., Lehmann, J., & Talgar, C. P. (2018, June). A qualitative analysis of student reflection within and across multiple cooperative education experiences. Paper presented at American Society for Engineering Education Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Cushman, E. & Ferracuti, A. (2018, April). Teachable moments: Strategies for responding to implicit bias. Workshop presented at the 2^nd annual Women of Color in the Academy Conference, Boston, MA.

Eynon, B., Gambino, L., Matthews-DeNatale, G., Stuckey, M. & Goodman, E. (2018, January). It helped me discover a new me: ePortfolio plus high impact practices build students’ academic and professional identities. Presentation at the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.

Ferguson, J., Lehmann, J., Zastavker, Y. V., Chang, S., Higginson, R. P., & Talgar, C. P. (2018, June). Adaptive expertise: The development of a measurement instrument. Paper presented at the ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Salt Lake City, UT. https://peer.asee.org/adaptive-expertise-the-development-of-a-measurement-instrument.pdf

Ferracuti, A., & Pingree, A. (2018, November). Leading with courage: Addressing adaptive challenges in educational development. Workshop presented at the annual meeting of the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network, Portland, OR.

Matthews-DeNatale, G. (2018, July). Locating yourself in the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning. NExT (Northeastern Experiential Teaching Initiative) Network Convention, Boston, MA.

Matthews-DeNatale, G., & Poklop, L. (2018, November). What meaning do faculty make of a teaching inquiry cohort experience? Research presentation at the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network Conference, Portland, OR.

2017

Berkey, R., & English, M. C. (2017, September). Supporting faculty through a collaborative cohort program. Presentation at International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement, Galway, Ireland.

Bitting, K., Sweet, M., Takayama, K., Pingree, A., Torosyan, R., & Ferracuti, A. (2017, November). Launching a classroom mindfulness practice at your institution. Workshop presented at the annual meeting of the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network, Montréal, Québec, Canada.

Mann, D., Ferracuti, A., Crumley, H., Doriott Anderson, V., Riviere, J., Hatcher, M., Schuldt, H. E. Y., Barbeau, L., Frary, M., Boyer, A., Rudenga, K., & Daniels, T. (2017, October). Graduate student development showcase: Discovering and sharing what works. Showcase organized at the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network in Higher Education, Montréal, Québec.

Matthews-DeNatale, G. (2017, October). Students as makers. Workshop presented at the College of Professional Studies Faculty Development Conference, Northeastern University, Boston, MA.

Matthews-DeNatale, G., & Ferracuti, A. (2017, October). Learning across cultures: Benefitting from student diversity. Workshop at the College of Professional Studies Faculty Development Conference, Northeastern University, Boston, MA.

Matthews-DeNatale, G., & Yancey, K. (2017, January). Enduring impact: What can we learn about eportfolios by listening to program graduates? Presentation at the Digital Learning and E-Portfolios Forum, Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. https://www.slideshare.net/gmdenatale/enduring-impact-what-can-we-learn-about-eportfolios-by-listening-to-program-graduates

Poklop, L., & Matthews-DeNatale, G. (2017, November). Preparing faculty developers to offer faculty development online. Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network Conference, Montréal, Québec, Canada.

Sweet, M. (2017, November). Structures and strategies to help faculty design high-impact discussion activities. Workshop presented at the annual meeting of the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network, Montréal, Québec, Canada.

Talgar, C. P., Wankel, L., Lehmann, J., English, M., Seeley, K., Scheer, J., Hoger, B., Irmiter, K., Ambrose, S., & Zastavker, Y. V. (2017, October). Student Assessed Integrated Learning: SAILing to a holistic design of holistic engineering education. In 2017 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE) (pp. 1-5) IEEE. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321811684_Student_assessed_integrated_learning_SAILing_to_a_holistic_design_of_holistic_engineering_education

2016

Bitting, K., & Sweet, M. (2016, November). Documenting the impacts of mindfulness practices in the classroom. Workshop presented at the annual meeting of the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network, Louisville, KY.

English, M. C. (2016, November). Promoting faculty reflection and interaction through an online asynchronous workshop. Presentation at the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Conference, Louisville, KY.

Hall, R., & English, M. C. (2016, February). Providing video feedback on course assignments. Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy. Blacksburg, VA.

Matthews-DeNatale, G. (2016, April). The Personal Competency Model as a strategy for student self-directed learning and program improvement. Poster presented at the Conference for Advancing Evidence-Based Teaching, Northeastern University, Boston, MA.

Matthews-DeNatale, G. (2016, October). Academically-productive online discussions. Workshop presented at the College of Professional Studies Faculty Development Conference, Northeastern University, Boston, MA.

Matthews-DeNatale, G., & Reynolds, C. (2016, August). Field guide to eportfolio: How students experience eportfolios. Panel presentation at AAEEBL Executive Summit, Boston, MA.

Poklop, L., & Matthews-DeNatale, G. (2016, October). The Online Learning Potential Rubric: Examining online courses with a learning science lens. Presentation at the Online Learning Consortium Annual Conference, Orlando, FL.

Sweet, M. (2016, November). Classroom mindfulness practices to increase attention, creativity, and deep engagement. Workshop presented at the annual meeting of the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network, Louisville, KY.

2015

Gruss, R., Kanan, T., Zhang, X., Farag, M., Fox, E., & English, M. C. (2015, November). Teaching big data through project-based learning in computational linguistics and information retrieval. Presentation at the Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges, Southeastern Conference, Roanoke, VA. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/2831432.2831475

Matthews-DeNatale, G., & Poklop, L. (2015, May). Making student learning visible: Using concept map analysis as an assessment tool. Poster presented at the Conference for Advancing Evidence-Based Teaching, Northeastern University, Boston, MA. https://www.slideshare.net/gmdenatale/making-student-learning-visible-using-concept-map-analysis-as-an-assessment-tool

Matthews-DeNatale, G., & Poklop, L. (2015, October). Personalizing competencies: Helping students envision and reflect upon the demands of their professional futures. Workshop and poster presented at the Fall Faculty Conference and Global Leadership Summit, Northeastern University, Boston, MA. https://www.slideshare.net/gmdenatale/personalizing-competencies-helping-students-envision-and-reflect-upon-the-demands-of-their-professional-futures

Poklop, L. & Sweet, M. (2015, November). What and how do students learn through cooperative education? Research session presented at the annual meeting of the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network, San Francisco, CA.

Poklop, L., & Watwood, B. (2015, November). Evaluating online course design with a learning sciences lens. Presentation at the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Talgar, C. P., Schuldt, H. E. Y., & Fuentes, M. (2015, November). Enhancing motivation to strengthen teaching: Motivational interviewing for faculty consultations. Workshop presented at the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network in Higher Education, San Francisco, CA.

2014

Gallagher, C. & Poklop, L. (2014, January). Analyzing audience awareness in student eportfolios. Presentation at the AAC&U Eportfolio Summit, Washington, DC.